Month: August 2008

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Israel will keep border crossings into the Gaza Strip closed to commercial and humanitarian goods ‘until further notice,’ Israeli media outlets reported Wednesday.The Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak ordered…

An Israeli military force kidnapped three Palestinian civilians from the West Bank cities of Hebron, Nablus and Jenin on Wednesday morning, local sources reported.A number of military vehicles invaded the…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health at the Hamas-led government in Gaza reported on Tuesday that 78 days after the truce deal came into effect in the Gaza Strip, 46 patients…

El Ministerio Palestino de Salud, en el gobierno liderado por Hamas, en Gaza, informó el martes, que 78 días después de que el acuerdo de tregua entrara en vigor, en…

Sources within the Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested in the West Bank nine members and supporters of Hamas in the…

Fuentes dentro del movimiento Hamas reportaron el martes que fuerzas de seguridad palestinas, fieles al Presidente Mahmoud Abbas, detuvieron a nueve miembros y partidarios de Hamas en Jenin, Qalqilia, Tulkarem…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank reported that the Hamas government in Gaza and its security forces fired 40 health workers, including physicians, pharmacists, lab specialists and…

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US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, does not believe that the Israeli government is intentionally expanding settlements in the West Bank and believes that a peace deal with the PA…

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria to discuss Egypt's efforts to broker a prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas; as…

A group of Israeli settlers, some of them armed, harrased Palestinian civilians in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning, local sources reported. Eye witnesses said that a…

The Israeli military advocate-general stated in a 12 August letter to the Reuters news agency that it had found Israeli soldiers had acted properly in the April killing Fadel Shana’a,…

The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jenin on Tuesday morning, local sources reported. A number of Israeli soldiers accompanied by atleast 12 military vehicles…

A report prepared and published by the Israeli Peace Now group revealed that Israel is currently constructing 2600 homes for settlers in 1000 buildings in several settlements in the occupied…

Un informe preparado y publicado por el grupo Israelí ‘Paz Ahora’, revelo que Israel esta actualmente construyendo 2600 casas para colonos, y 1000 edificios en varios asentamientos, de la Cisjordania…

Ayman Taha, a senior political leader of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, reported on Monday that the Rafah border terminal between Gaza and Egypt will be closed on…

Líder político superior Ayman Taha del movimiento Hamas en la Franja de Gaza reportó lunes que la terminal en la frontera entre la Franja de Gaza y Egipcio se cerrará…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said during a welcome ceremony to 199 Palestinians who were freed by Israel on Monday, that there will be no peace deal with Israel until all…

Hamas media sources reported on Monday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas, arrested eight members and supporters of the movement in the West Bank. The sources said…

The Israeli Bar Association issued a report on the Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and revealed that there several detainees who spent many years in solitary confinement without any legal…

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The Israeli army troops invaded Beit Ola village south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday midday, local sources reported.Troops searched and ransacked the house of Tareq Sarahne,…

Tropas del ejército israelí invadieron el pueblo de Beit Ola al sur de Hebron en Cisjordania el lunes a mediodía, según fuentes locales.Tropas registraron y saquearon la casa de Tareq…

Israel has released 199 Palestinian prisoners on Monday morning ahead of a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state. Palestinian sources reported. The Israeli cabinet…

Palestinian factions and Egyptian intelligence officials will meet in Cairo on Monday, to discuss the case of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and have a new round of truce talks,…

Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tubas on Monday morning and kidnapped 9 civilians, local sources reported.A number of Israeli troops accompanied by…

Fuentes civiles informaron que tropas armadas israelíes invadieron las ciudades Cisjordanas de Ramallah, Belén, Jenin y Tubas hoy y raptaron a nueve civiles.Un grupo de tropas israelíes, acompañadas por 15…

Israeli soldiers attacked on Sunday a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Ni’lin village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Soldiers fired gas bombs causing several injuries and…

Soldados Israelíes atacaron el domingo, a una manifestación no-violenta, contra la Anexión del Muro en el pueblo de Ni’lin, cerca de la ciudad de Ramallah, en Cisjordania. Los soldados dispararon…

The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) stated on Sunday that the Monday visit of US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, aims at pressuring the Palestinian leadership…

El Frente Popular de Liberación de Palestina (PFLP) declaró que la visita del día de hoy de la Secretaria de Estado está orientada a presionar al liderazgo palestino a hacer…

The Israeli Authorities are to release 199 Palestinian detainees on Monday morning at 9:30, as a gesture of “good will” towards the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The release of the…

Próximo a la visita de la Secretaria estadounidense de Estado, Condoleezza Rice, este lunes, Israel libero a 199 prisioneros palestinos, según informaron fuente locales. El gabinete israelí había aprobado una…

Three Palestinian factions stated on Saturday that they received official invitations from Cairo to start Egyptian-mediated Palestinian talks in order to end the internal divisions and conflict among Fateh and…

Tres facciones palestinas afirmaron haber recibido el pasado sábado invitaciones oficiales de El Cairo para comenzar conversaciones mediadas por Egipto con el fin de terminar con las divisiones internas y…

US State Department issued a statement of Friday revealing that the U.S Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will travel to the Middle East this Sunday for talks with senior Palestinian…

El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. hizo público el viernes que la Secretaria de Estado, Condolezza Rice, viajará a Oriente Medio este domingo próximo para hablar con altos funcionarios palestinos…

Thousands of Palestinians welcome the two boats, SS Liberty and Gaza Free which arrived at the Gaza port Saturday evening coming from Cyprus to break the siege on the Gaza…

Miles de palestinos dan la bienvenida a los dos buques, SS Liberty y Gaza Free, que llegaron al puerto de Gaza en la noche del sábado procedentes de Chipre para…

Rabah Muhanna a senior official in the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine (PFLP) strongly criticized Hamas on Saturday over the way it rules the Gaza Strip since mid June 2007.…

Rabah Muhanna, oficial superior del Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP) criticó Hamas fuertemente el sábado por la manera en la que gobierna la Franja de Gaza desde…

The SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty boats sailing from Cyprus reported that their electronic safety systems came under electronic attack causing them to jam.Below is an communiqué released by…

Los barcos SS Free Gaza (‘SS Libera a Gaza’) y SS Liberty (‘SS Libertad’) zarpando desde Chipre reportaron que sus sistemas electrónicos de seguridad fueron atacados electrónicamente, interfiriendo con comunicaciones.…

Israeli army troops invaded Al Shawawra village east of Bethlehem on Saturday at dawn and kidnapped two Hamas activists, local sources reported. A number of Israeli soldiers accompanied by military…

Tropas del ejército israelí invadieron el pueblo de Al Shawawra al este de Belén el sábado al amanecer y secuestraron a dos activistas de Hamas, reportaron fuentes locales.Varios soldados israelíes…

The Israeli army troops invaded the central West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday at dawn, local sources reported. Israeli military vehicles were deployed in the streets of Ramallah’s main city…

Las tropas del ejército Israelí, invadieron la ciudad de Ramallah, centro de Cisjordania, el sábado al amanecer, informaron Fuentes locales. Vehículos militares israelíes, se desplegaron por las calles, de las…

The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated on Friday that abducting Israeli soldiers is an open option for all resistance groups in order to trade…

Azzam Al Ahmad, head of the Fateh parliamentary bloc, stated on Friday that the current Palestinian-Israeli talks are on a standstill and will not achieve any positive results as the…

Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on Friday that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Gaza are continuing to develop their missile capabilities and are manufacturing explosives that could be stored…

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A number of internationals, Israeli peace activists and Palestinian villagers marched after the Friday prayers in Al-Ma’sara village near Bethlehem, in a nonviolent protest against the annexation wall being built…

The number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the year-long Israeli siege has reached 240, as one more patient dies today.Medical sources reported the death…

La cantidad de pacientes fallecidos en la Franja de Gaza debido al prolongado estado de sitio subió a 240, tras la muerte de un nuevo paciente; un niño de dos…

Dozens of Palestinian, international and Israeli civilians were treated for gas inhalation as the Israeli army showered them with CS gas during the weekly nonviolent anti-wall protest in the village…

At least 17 people including children suffered from gas inhalation when the Israeli army fired a number of CS gas canisters at protestors in the village of Ni’lin near the…

The Israeli army invaded on Friday at dawn six West Bank cities and kidnapped twelve civilians taking them to unknown destinations. Troops invaded the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Jenin,…

In its weekly summary of Israeli attacks for the week of 14 – 20 August 2008, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reports that 31 Palestinian civilians, including 10…

On August 21, 1969, an Australian Jewish extremist identified as Michael Dennis Rohan set the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on fire. The mosque is one of three most holy…

Israeli sources reported on Thursday that the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Salah Bashir, met with the Israeli ambassador in Jordan to protest against the Israeli excavations near the Al Aqsa mosque,…

Fuentes israelíes informaron que el Ministro jordano de Asuntos Exteriores, Salah Bashir, se reunió con el Embajador israelí en Jordania para protestar en contra de excavaciones que Israel efectúa cerca…

Ismail Haniyya, one of the prominent Hamas political leaders in Gaza, and the Prime Minister of the dissolved government, stated on Thursday that the Palestinians will not accept any peace…

Ismail Haniyya, uno de los líderes políticos más prominentes de Hamas en Gaza, y Primer Ministro del disuelto gobierno señalaron que los palestinos no aceptarán ningún acuerdo de paz que…

Israeli military sources reported on Thursday that soldiers arrested an unarmed Palestinian man who infiltrated into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The sources stated that the man tried to infiltrate…

After two petitions were filed against the route of a section of the Annexation Wall near Jerusalem, the Israeli High Court of Justice decided to reroute the Wall in order…

Tras dos peticiones presentadas en contra de la ruta de una sección del Muro de Anexión, cerca de Jerusalén, la Corte Suprema israelí de Justicia decidió un cambio de ruta…

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The Israeli army dispersed the weekly nonviolent protest in Nil'in village, located south of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday midday with gas, guns and grenades, causing the…

Israeli troops invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin for the second time in a row on Thursday midday, local sources reported Troops launched a large search campaign in…

The Israeli army invaded Nil'in village, south of the West Bank city Ramallah on Thursday morning, as reported by local sources. Israeli army raided the village of Nil'in at 2:30am,…

Por segunda vez seguida, las milicias israelíes ingresaron a la ciudad Cisjordana de Jenin. Las tropas lanzaron una amplia campaña de búsqueda en el pueblo cercano de Qabatia, e instaló…

 The Associated Press reported on Thursday that the European Union (EU) gave the Palestinian Authority an additional €40 Million in order to ensure public services are provided to the Palestinian…

La agencia informativa Associated Press informó que la Unión Europea donó a la Autoridad Palestina (AP) un monto adicional de €40 M a fin de asegurar que se provean los…

The Israeli army invaded on Thursday morning the southern West Bank city of Hebron and three nearby villages, and kidnapped seven civilians, local sources reported. A number of military vehicles…

Israeli soldiersinvaded the West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem, and Bethlehem on Thursday morning and kidnapped the total of 8 civilians, reported by local sources. A number of Israeli…

Despite Israeli objections and attempts to intervene, Cyprian authorities have given the go-ahead for two boats filled with humanitarian supplies and 60 international activists to set sail tomorrow for the…

A pesar de objeciones israelíes e intenciones de intervenir, autoridades chipriotas han aprobado que los dos barcos cargados de recursos humanitarios y 60 activistas internacionales se zarpen mañana hacia la…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, reported on Wednesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement and President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested 23 of its members and supporters in several areas in…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied reports that it received an official invitation to start national talks in Cairo in preparation to Palestinian national talks. The movement said that it doubts…

Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported that 11 years after an Israeli soldier went missing under unclear circumstances, the Central Unit of the Galilee Police Force reopened the investigation and is…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, issued a warning on Wednesday claiming that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party has plans to kidnap Israelis travelling to different parts of…

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Israeli troops invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron and broke into three radio stations, confiscating and damaging expensive equipment, local sources reported. Dozens of soldiers, accompanied by military…

Israeli army invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron kidnapping five civilians at Wednesday midday, local sources reported. Israeli military vehicles deployed in the southern part of the city…

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered commercial and humanitarian crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip closed as ofWednesday morning after a homemade Palestinian shell was fired at an Israeli…

A number of Israeli vehicles invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday morning and attempted to raid the municipality of the nearby Al Walaja village, local sources reported.…

Israeli troops invaded the West Bank cities of Jenin, Qabatia and Bethlehem, searched several homes, installed roadblocks and kidnapped one civilian on Wednesday at dawn, Palestinian sources reported.In Jenin, in…

Abu Mojahid, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) welcomed the upcoming release of Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, and stressed the Committees’ firm position regarding a prisoner swap…

Abu Mojahid, portavoz de los medios de los Comités de la Resistencia Popular dio la bienvenida a la puesta en libertad de presos palestinos encarcelados por Israel, y destacó la…

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported on Tuesday that nearly half of the detainees that Israel intends to release as “a good will gesture” will finish their terms in 2009.…

El Ministro Palestino de Presos reportó el martes que casi la mitad de los presos que Israel piensa poner en libertad como “gesto de buena voluntad” acabará con su sentencia…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied the existence of any Egyptian initiative to pave the way for a new round of internal Palestinian dialogue, and added that Egypt also presented some…

Ashraf Abu Rahma, the Palestinian resident who was shot by the soldiers after they bounded and blindfolded him, filed a petition along with Israeli Human Rights groups; B’Tselem, the Association…

Ashraf Abu Rahma, el residente Palestino, que fue disparado por los soldados, después de que le hubieran atado y vendado, presento una demanda, de acuerdo con Grupos de Derechos Humanos…

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Israeli army troops attacked a number of shops selling fertilizer and agricultural materials in Tulkarem on Monday mid-afternoon.Eye witnesses reported that Israeli troops entered the city and focussed their force…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Jeddah on Tuesday afternoon to meet with King Abdullah Ibn Abdel Aziz, Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdel Aziz and Foreign Minister prince Saud…

El Presidente Mahmoud Abbas llegará a Jeddah el martes por la tarde para reunirse con el Rey Abdullah Ibn Abdel Aziz; el heredero a la Corona, Príncipe Sultan Ibn Abdel…

Tropas del ejército israelí invadieron Hebron, secuestrándoles a dos civiles después de registrarles la casa, según reportajes de fuentes locales.Tropas entraron la ciudad y registraron varias casas, disparando granadas y…